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U.S. Colored Troops

Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia
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Regiments and companies of the U.S. Colored Troops served with valor in the Army of the James and the Army of the Potomac during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864–65.
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Virginia · United States

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